From pixels to picograms: A beginners' guide to genome quantification by Feulgen image analysis densitometry

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 735-749

  Hardie, David C ^a   Gregory, T Ryan ^a   Hebert, Paul D N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

C value; DNA content; Feulgen densitometry; Genome size; Image analysis

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA CONTENT; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; FEULGEN STAINING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME SIZE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICRODENSITOMETRY; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAINING;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036290221     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215540205000601     Document Type: Review

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